Wool dilemma!

Folks, we don't know if you've heard, but there's a world-wide wool shortage.  As a result, wholesale prices of wool yarns are going up.  Which means we have some decisions to make.

As most of you know, our go-to worsted weight wool has always been Cascade 220.  It comes in a seemingly endless variety of colors, felts beautifully, and has nice stitch definition.  Unfortunately, Cascade will be raising their prices for fall, which means we will have to raise our retail price on the 220 from its current $7.00 per skein.  What do you think, knitters?  Are you loyal to Cascade 220?  Would you pay more (possibly as much as a couple of dollars more) per skein for this old favorite?

As we ponder this, we're also looking for alternatives that could be our new standard worsted weight wool if necessary.  Our leading contender right now is Nature Spun.  It's from one of our favorite companies, Brown Sheep, and is made in the U.S., with 245 yards per skein.  The retail on that one is about $7.25 per skein.

Please give us your opinions on this!